Example sentences of "had [vb pp] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case , heard in February 1929 , revealed that , since his association with Arsenal began in 1910 , Sir Henry had placed some £15,000 of his own money at the club 's disposal ( a bounty which could explain his campaign against rising transfer fees ) . |
| 2 | Presumably Miss Philimore had placed some sort of order before she left , forgetting that she would no longer be around to take delivery . |
| 3 | I could see in the wing mirror that my arrival had provoked some interest . |
| 4 | His pain had receded a little , as though this latest bout of agony had overloaded some circuits of his brain 's pain-response centre . |
| 5 | Dave had foreseen some difficulty and had moved back left to get into a better position to assist Steve , just below him . |
| 6 | Because of this she felt generous and said she had realised some time ago that a really beautiful man was very much more beautiful than the most beautiful woman , and was n't that interesting . |
| 7 | He had realised some time before that he was becoming more and more attracted to her . |
| 8 | If I had developed some measure of showmanship over the years , I felt it was not much use to me or anyone else while I sat in my office and let junior producers have all the fun . |
| 9 | The Roller , however , had developed some fault and had been left in the hands of the Grand Hotel 's garage mechanic . |
| 10 | It had been awkward for me to ask our family doctor to prescribe it : he knew my husband and I had parted some time ago . |
| 11 | By 1811 only some rural parishes were without any provision , while most of them had registered some improvement over the seventeenth century . |
| 12 | He told the man that one woman had been with the nurse when she died , and had heard some secret from her . |
| 13 | I was surprised to hear Tim say that he had heard some owners state that horses ' mouth for sharpness . |
| 14 | He had heard some talk about an accident . |
| 15 | Take the statement that he wanted to see the German play of which he had heard some praise , and consider substituting the co-referring description " the Left-wing play whose inept performance will make him wish he had stayed at home " . |
| 16 | Carinish Court had aroused some people 's envy : that at least was true , even if Ralph had perhaps been mistaken about Johnny Redburn 's reaction to the place . |
| 17 | Afterwards Chudnovsky went to Semenov and , apparently , in the course of their conversation he notified him that he had received some money from Costakis . |
| 18 | In April 1987 the Channel Ferry Disaster Fund had received some £3.45 million of which about £300,000 had been paid out by Trustees in the form of interim payments . |
| 19 | Within a few days he had received some opinions on it which he transmitted to Pons immediately . |
| 20 | Douglas was glad to acknowledge Miller 's help and told the Royal Society that he had received some coconuts ‘ germinated in this country by the industrious Mr. Miller , by whose care and skill they were brought to this perfection ; and besides he very freely communicated to me for the good of the publick his own methods in management in raising them which I here desire may be read in his words . ’ |
| 21 | Of these forty-five had received some sort of special training for a diplomatic career , and a good many had studied outside Russia . |
| 22 | The situation was considerably better among Baptists where half the ministers had received some form of higher education . |
| 23 | A Department of Employment survey in 1988 of individuals attending courses or receiving job-related training , found that just 4.5 per cent of economically active men aged 50–59 and 1.9 per cent of those aged 60–64 had received some form of course or training in the four weeks prior to the interview . |
| 24 | He said the killings had shaken some members of Panama 's Defence Force , but that in the aftermath of the uprising , when suspicion of complicity ran wide , no one was prepared to plead for the lives of the coup plotters . |
| 25 | However , delegates acknowledged that the US had given some ground when it announced an " action programme " on the first day of the conference . |
| 26 | During the service he sat in the front pew and listened to the preacher talking about the kind of woman she had been , and he knew it was n't like that , but the doctor had given some pills and he felt drowsy and numb , and illogically cheerful , as if he was slightly drunk , but at the stage where everything seems enlarged and unfamiliar . |
| 27 | Some directors of the House of Industry had trespassed on workhouse premises , where they had lopped some trees without permission . |
| 28 | Alex had spilled some juice on the table top and was drawing his finger through the orange puddle with enjoyment ; Sarah seemed completely preoccupied by the last mouthful of toast . |
| 29 | Jonquil had pressed some books on Rachaela , unsuitable for anyone . |
| 30 | Kalchu had brewed some millet beer months ago to ferment out ready for today and it was sweet and clear and very strong . |